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It's World Health Day! Health is more important

It's World Health Day!

Health is more important than ever these days. It's important to take care of yourself and those around you. I'm wishing all of you a healthy life physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially.

Eat healthy. Wash your hands. Take care of others. Stay safe!

#WorldHealthDay2022 #healthy #businesscreative #digitalmedia #trustorysuccess #mentalhealth #physicalhealth

Hello April! Here are some dates to look out for t

Hello April! Here are some dates to look out for this month:
April– National Poetry Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Ramadan
April 2- World Autism Day
April 7- World Health Day
April 17-Easter
April 22- Earth Day
April 23- World Book Day

#NationalPoetryMonth #RamadanMubarak #WorldAutismDay #WorldBookDay #Easter2022 #trustory #writers #poets #EarthDay #jazz #JazzAppreciationMonth

So many folks to keep in prayer tonight. #prayfo

So many folks to keep in prayer tonight.

#prayfortheworld
#peace #peacefortigray #community #peaceforukraine #peacewithin #michigan #womenshistorymonth #fyp #beseenbeheard #transdayofvisibility #blackwomen

States around the country are drawing up new bound

States around the country are drawing up new boundaries for congressional districts to reflect the 2020 census results. In Florida, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is threatening to veto the maps that have been approved by the legislature.

He wants to reconfigure two districts so that Black candidates would not be likely to win those seats. #BlackVotersMatter ✊🏾

#florida #government #democracy #politics #campaign #redistricting #maps 🎉

Give yourself grace. Reposted from @meena Whew.

Give yourself grace.

Reposted from @meena Whew.

@profmmurray

#scotus #balance #ketanjibrownjackson
#womenshistorymonth #makehistory #makememories #community #daughter #mom #kindermom #trustory #blackwomen

🗣From @aachm21 : "World-renowned master painte

🗣From @aachm21 :

"World-renowned master painter, educator and storyteller, Jon Onye Lockard was a visionary looking forward with a vast knowledge of the past. Born in Detroit, his career spanned more than a half-century painting, teaching, exhibiting, and lecturing locally, nationally, and internationally. His life exemplified the West African proverb Sankofa - “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” There is wisdom in learning from the past and one’s roots, to ensure a strong future moving forward.
View and download your invitation to celebrate Sankofa - the Art, Life and Legacy of Jon Onye Lockard (here: https://indd.adobe.com/.../bbe533b6-cb88-41d7-8e18... ) on Sunday March 13, 2022 from 2-4 pm at the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, 1528 Pontiac Trail in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The invitation is also attached to this email. The program begins between 2:15-2:30. You can participate virtually by clicking on this link at 2 pm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wVrN7FcTA&authuser=0

Free parking is available on the neighborhood streets. Guests may also be dropped off and picked up from the front or back door. There is an accessible ramp in the back with one handicap parking space. Masks will be required indoors. For more information call (734) 761-1717 or email aachmw@gmail.com
This event and exhibit are a collaboration between the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County and the Jon Onye Lockard Foundation."

The Jon Onye Lockard Foundation thrives under the leadership of his wife/my friend Leslie Kamil, his son, granddaughter and a small loving bunch of friends and former students, including his mentee/my friend Mieko Preston.

Click here to RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScFpo3W0eorOE.../viewform

Women's History Month Day 9. Meet "Jenny"... it's

Women's History
Month Day 9. Meet "Jenny"... it's a whole Lotta "Jenny's" running around.

Reposted from @esavit Be aware of labor trafficking--where people are compelled to work through force, fraud, or coercion. Key warning signs include:

❗️Not having access to passports or identity documents
❗️Living or working in isolated conditions
❗️Being cut off from interaction with others or support systems

If you suspect labor trafficking in Washtenaw County, please contact the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office’s Economic Justice Unit at EconomicJustice@washtenaw.org, or at https://bit.ly/econharm

#labortrafficking #michigan #trustory💯 #supportsystem #womenshistorymonth

We have always been into politics. We just do it d

We have always been into politics. We just do it differently...

Younger folks have always been into "church"...we just do it differently.

#victoriagrayadams #fannielouhamer #politics #religion #involved #church #blackchurch #unitedstates #blackhistory #womenshistory #anniedevine #detroit #missisipi #aaronhenry #TruStory

https://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700099991110/9999015363-l.jpg

As we continue to highlight Women’s History, I w

As we continue to highlight Women’s History, I would also like to share some of the other great things happening this month. Here’s a peek into the month of March!

March 1-31- Women’s History Month
March 8- International Women’s Day
March 13- Daylights Saving Time
March 20- First Day of Spring
March 21- World Poetry Day

#womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday #poetry #springforward #trustory #poetryday #blackwomenshistory

Women's History Month Day 5 She's not a woman ful

Women's History Month Day 5

She's not a woman fully growed, but she inspires me daily. "She" is Z, my daughter. 7 years ago, you could not have convinced that in 2022 I would have a 6-year-old girl child. Now, it is hard to imagine my life without her in it.

Of all the times to grow into a black woman that we have seen, this is a great time to be alive. I have never seen this much interest in black women in my lifetime, so much opportunity to be and do. Still, I want more. Z dreams big and walks bigger. I don't want to dull her shine, I want the world to prepare for her...for there to be space for her to show up in the world, f-r-e-e as her full authentic self. We are not there yet, but I have seen how much progress can occur in a few short months when our country faced the COVID pandemic emergency for the first time. I wonder how much progress we could make for my children if we increase the value we assign to black lives, to black freedom.

#womenshistorymonth #Z #children #blackhistory #march #girlmom #kindergartenmom #trustory💯 #blackfutures #protectthebabies #progress #mysunshine #community #kids #kidsoﬁnstagram

Women's History Month Day 4 Let's celebrate black

Women's History Month Day 4

Let's celebrate black women who are often hidden figures like Kathryn Johnson (math) and Gladys West (GPS) and protect the rising gems like Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Aura Rosser, and Sandra Bland.

#sayhername #breonnataylor #sayhernamebreonnataylor #sandyspeaks #policereform #sayhernamesandrabland #aurarosser #atatianajefferson #sandrabland #serveandprotect #gladyswest #hiddenfigures #kathrynjohnson #trustory💯 #friday

Women's History Month Day 3 Meet the viral vocal

Women's History Month Day 3

Meet the viral vocal coach, Cheryl Porter, who was just featured on the Ellen Degeneres show last week. Porter, who is a mentee of Italian Opera powerhouse, Luciano Pavarotti, can bring the house down in two languages. Although she is a celebrated vocalist in Italy and with growing American success, her superpower is actually inspiring new singers to practice their craft with fun and invigorating full-body singing lessons using bright colors, movement, and boxing gloves.

Swipe left to see Ms. Porter serenaded by Spiderman himself, Reposted from @cherylporterdiva When he's not out saving the world #spiderman is practicing his #singing! @jonathanfarrington #marvel #cherylporter #vocalcoachreacts #spidey

#sing #womenshistorymonth #sparkle #ellendegeneres #freeyourvoice #trustory💯 #lifteveryvoiceandsing #italy #freefree #livingblackhistory

Good Morning! I regrettably have only known abou

Good Morning!

I regrettably have only known about Ella Baker in recent years; I'm still unpacking the impact of her work. Join me in learning a little bit about the great Humanitarian.

Reposted from @blackhistoryunlocked Through her decades of work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and later with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Ella Baker emerged as one of the most important women in the civil rights movement.

In 1941, Ella Baker became an assistant field secretary of the NAACP. She also took the post of advisor for the New York Youth Council of the NAACP. By the late 1940s Baker, a field secretary, was the NAACP’s most effective organizer as she traveled the South chartering new branches.

In 1956, she organized In Friendship, a group that raised money for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Years of work among young people–both inside and outside the NAACP–led to her assignment to coordinate a conference to provide direction for the rapidly emerging sit-in movement that began on February 1, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

In April of 1960, Baker organized a conference at her alma mater, Shaw University, which led to the establishment of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Although she never joined SNCC, Baker arranged and coordinated sit-ins for the new civil rights organization. Baker continued to organize students involved in political activism through the 1970s.

#EllaBaker died on her birthday, December 13, 1986 at the age of 83.

Source: blackpast.org

#womenshistorymonth #BlackWomensHistory

Jennifer Mullan, a clinical psychologist based in

Jennifer Mullan, a clinical psychologist based in New Jersey, cites that black and brown folks often are harmed by eurocentric therapy practices.

"Decolonizing therapy involves looking at how the mental health industrial complex continues to inflict a lot of harm on people because it chooses to remain apolitical," she said.

"A part of this work of decolonizing therapy is about undoing the narrative that just talking about your feelings is enough."

FYI: This graphics used to share pearls from tonight's #SOTU2022 and quotes from Black Women are from the INTO ACT!ON Content Library.

Into Action is a project of TaskForce, an independent agency working at the intersection of arts, culture, and social change.

#IntoAction #UnitedWeWin #decolonializetherapy #decolonizetherapy #mentalhealth #trustory #art #culture #socialchange #mentalhealth #trauma #healing #sankofa #journey

A Black History Month "collage" of my February tho

A Black History Month "collage" of my February thoughts of blackness. Not in any order, just a few items from this month.

1 - I started a TikTok this month @trustorysuccess so I can share black history, stories and success, dance, and share social media tips.

2 - The more black history is learned and shared, the more evident it is that black history is American history. A young Obama shares an example on video Reposted from @theblackdetour

3 - Biden picks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for US Supreme Court

4 - Holding Actress Regina King in prayer and high esteem.

5 - Reposted from @keithabeauchamp

House clears "long-overdue" anti-lynching legislation again.

The House voted 422–3 on Monday to pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.

The big picture: The legislation would designate lynching as a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history

Details: If the legislation is written into law, a crime would be prosecuted as a lynching when death or serious bodily injury results from a conspiracy to commit a hate crime.

Worth noting: The bill is named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was brutally murdered by two white men in 1955 in Mississippi after he was accused of harassing a white woman.

NEXT THE SENATE! THEN LETS FOCUS ON CAROLYN BRYANT DONHAM. SHE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF EMMETT LOUIS TILL.

6 and 7 - Ukraining while Black

8 - Colin Kaepernick is planning to pay for independent autopsies for slain civilians killed by law enforcement through a new program

9 - Revolutioniary Artist Gil Scott Heron explains the meaning of his iconic phrase "The Revolution will not be televised."

10 - A young, carefree Emmet Till shown posing with a bike, several years before he and his mama sparked the biggest hullabaloo that had ever been made over the lynching of an African American in this country.

I can't shake the hope and "normalcy" of little Emmit's youthful face. I won't shake it.

#JusticeForEmmettTill #Emmetttilll #elbertwilliams #MamieTillMobley
#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistoryeveryday #debate #blackculture #questionoftheday #obama #presidentsday

Good Morning! I had a little injury Thursday so I

Good Morning!

I had a little injury Thursday so I had to slow down for a few days. Before I roll my sleeves up to get back to work, I have one more Ukranian-inspired post to share.

I have been sitting/lying down thinking and drinking in a lot of information about the current Russian invasion on to Ukranian soil. I felt (and still feel bad) for the Ukranian people. I also couldn't help but wonder how the folks were doing that I wasn't seeing...the disabled, the brown, the differents. Late Saturday, a story within a story began to emerge. Familiar, but shocking nonetheless. One where Jews are scared of unnecessary scarcity. A story of Indians being harassed and not welcomed by neighboring nations. One where White Ukranian officers were using riot and war tactics, skills, and weapons on fellow (black) Ukranians and African students.

Credits for graphic and video updates below.

Reposted from @attorneycrump Once again, our Black brothers and sisters are being pushed to the sidelines and denied their own safety. Remember, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. This is why we must continue fighting for equality for people of color across the globe!! ✊🏾

Reposted from @nigeriansleavingukraine DANAGOG MARTIN 19 YEARS OLD. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS PLEASE SEND A DM. #NIGERIANSINUKRAINE #AFRICANSINUKRAINE #AFRICANSLEAVINGUKRAINE #NIGERIANSLEAVINGUKRAINE #DANAGOGMARTIN Reposted from @nbcdfw UPDATED MAP: The invasion of #Ukraine: Where #Russia has attacked.

Credit: @nbcnewsgraphics

Sources: NBC News, State Statistics Service of Ukraine and Natural Earth

Graphic: Jiachuan Wu and Joe Murphy / NBC News Reposted from @nigeriansleavingukraine We need help in Hungary border. #NIGERIANSLEAVINGUKRAINE #NIGERIANSINUKRAINE #AFRICANSLEAVINGUKRAINE #AFRICANSINUKRAINE #HUNGARYBORDER Reposted from @nigeriansleavingukraine #reels
#poland
#ukraine
#russia
#help
#nigeriansinukraine
#nigeriansinpoland #trustory #blackwomen #blackbabies #blackandmissing #blackhistorymonth #danagogmartin #whitesupremacy #mondaymorning

SLIDE 1-6 Reposted from @amandaseales More info to

SLIDE 1-6 Reposted from @amandaseales More info to share on exiting Ukraine [via @thejeddyo ]

SLIDE 7 Reposted by
@BashirAhmaad NOTICE: The Nigerian Embassy in Romania wishes to inform Nigerians arriving from Ukraine that arrangement has been put in place to receive them at the
Romanian entry points.
The Embassy hotlines are:
Consular Officer +40747309174
Head of Chancery +40786091964

VIDEO on Slide 8 Reposted from @adr1600 Posted @withregram • @chakabars They said women and children are allowed in, just not black women and children. Are there any orgs that we can work with to help to shelter these people. We will be speaking about this tomorrow on clubhouse!

VIDEO on Slide 9 Reposted from @amandaseales Racism takes no days off.

SLIDE 10 "War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace." - Walter Cronkite

#untilweareallfree #african #black #ukraine #russia #racism #exit #blm #bhm #globalcommunity #whitesupremacy #pleaseshare
#trustory💯

White Supremacy is a global issue. Putin is wrong

White Supremacy is a global issue. Putin is wrong and should be dealt with. War is unnecessary and is a symptom of lazy peace. What do I mean by lazy peace? I mean "peace" that is convenient, exclusive, and/or upholds caste systems. War is costly, but so is peace. It just depends on what you wanna spend your resources on. I am sad for the 198 Ukrainian killed. I stand with THE PEOPLE, regardless of politics. They didn't deserve this.

However, I am reminded as a black person moving about in the world we are never safe where White Supremacy goes unchecked. The video attached (Swipe 10) is a disturbing attack on black folks living in Ukraine by White Ukranians that feel they should be allowed to leave first.

The first slides contain valuable information for black people trying to leave the Ukraine, Reposted from @amandaseales 🚨BOOST🚨Hope this is helpful! [via @thrillsseekher ]

#free #ukraine #russia #whitesupremacy #politics #antisemitism #racism #caste #trustory #untilweareallfree #war #peace #blackallover #michigan #globalcommunity #peopleoverpolitics #sundaymood☀️ #sundaythoughts #blackhistorymonth

Good News!! Reposted from @the.root Former NFL qu

Good News!!

Reposted from @the.root Former NFL quarterback #ColinKaepernick continues to be a monumental force when it comes to education and civil rights issues concerning Black Americans. According to Newsweek, Kaepernick is launching a program called the Autopsy Initiative. It’s a service that will provide families a second-free autopsy with full access to the report’s findings.

Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights campaign will collaborate with a panel of board-certified forensic pathologists who perform autopsies, disclose preliminary findings and issue final reports to requesting families. The initiative itself defines police-related deaths as “those that occur “when an individual is harmed by police officers while using deadly force, which results in the individual’s death.”

Visit TheRoot.com for the full article.

#knowyourroots #colinkaepernick #policereform #autopsy #nfl #trustory💯 #BlackHistory #BlackLivesMatter #justice #saymyname @sayhername

🗣Starting out this Wednesday with some good new

🗣Starting out this Wednesday with some good news.

Memory is malleable, and so is the news when it is not recorded or archived properly. Much of the local and online news reporting I did in the early 2000s and again from 2010-2015 was not archived in a way that I have access to...or can even use for published examples of my work. That is, in part, due to the fact that the six outlets I worked for all went out of business. That lack of digital footprint has cost me opportunities and deprioritized my value as a journalist in both mainstream as well as in Black spaces, which often use mainstream metrics to decide how much professional respect they will offer.

In addition to my own professional frustration of not having clips, all of the community happenings, human interest stories and interviews, vetted and edited research of achievement gap policy and data, and community feedback is lost.

When I read that Howard University's Black Archives Project received $2M, I leapt out of my skin! This is huge. Having our stories, our news, properly recorded business and community events, safeguarded in such a way is a meaningful manifestation of Black Lives Mattering.

Reposted from @nikolehannahjones This is major news for @howard1867 and researchers across the globe. Once the digitization process is complete, the Black Press Archives Project @moorlandhu will be the largest, most diverse and most accessible Black newspaper database IN THE WORLD.

#howarduniversity #blackjournalist #blackpress #digitalmedia #digitalarchive #research #data #community #startingover #database #blackstories #blackhistory #elbertwilliams #unitedstates #crt #blackhistorymonth2022

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